Bengals Statistics

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The Cleveland Browns open the Mike Pettine era at Pittsburgh on Sept. 7, and the Cincinnati
Bengals have primetime games against Denver on
Monday Night Football and New England on
Sunday Night Football in 2014 schedules released by the NFL last night.

In all, the Bengals play three primetime games for the third consecutive season, with two at
home — against the Broncos on Dec. 22 and the Browns in a Thursday night game on Nov. 6.

Cleveland’s schedule features a brutal start and finish, but Pettine embraced the opener.

“Browns at Steelers in Week 1, in your first game as an NFL head coach?” he said. “It doesn’t
get any better than that. I love this division.”

Games 2 and 3 bring New Orleans and Baltimore to Cleveland, and the final month features
Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Carolina and Baltimore.

Cincinnati opens on the road for the fifth straight year, at Baltimore, but six of its first
nine games will be at home. Beginning Nov. 16 at New Orleans, however, the true grind begins: The
Bengals must play five of their final seven games on the road, and they face two games against
Pittsburgh.

Around the league, Super Bowl champion Seattle will kick off the season by playing host to Green
Bay on Sept. 4. The opening Sunday will feature a primetime game between Denver and Indianapolis,
followed by a Monday night doubleheader of the New York Giants at Detroit, followed by San Diego at
Arizona.

Three games will be played in London: Miami-Oakland on Sept. 28, Detroit-Atlanta on Oct. 26 and
Dallas-Jacksonville on Nov. 9.

Seattle at San Francisco, a rematch of the memorable NFC title game last January, will be one of
three games on Thanksgiving Day. A rematch of last season’s Super Bowl, in which the Seahawks
routed the Broncos 43-8, is set for Sept. 21 at Seattle.

For the first time, games in Weeks 5 through 10 can be flexed from Sunday afternoon to night,
with a limit of two. Beginning with Week 11, a Sunday game can be moved to prime time each week.
Also, a select number of Sunday afternoon games are being “cross-flexed,” moving between CBS and
Fox to potentially draw more viewers.